24/08/2026
We publish our testing data every year for one reason. Nigeria’s conversation about paternity runs on anecdote, and anecdote is not evidence.
Our 2026 report is out today. It covers 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. Three findings are worth your time.
First. The share of negative outcomes did not move, holding at 23.6 per cent against 24.0 per cent the year before. More Nigerians are testing. The result pattern has not changed. Those two facts sit together and they matter more than either does alone.
Second. 87.0 per cent of our classified cases were Peace of Mind tests. Not court orders. Not immigration files. Private decisions taken by people who could not live with a question any longer. DNA testing in Nigeria is a personal wellbeing behaviour long before it is a legal one, and our sector has been slow to say so.
Third, and this is the part I would ask you to carry with you. Our clients are not a random sample of Nigeria. They are people who already had a reason to test. Our negative rate describes our testing population. It cannot be used to estimate how many Nigerian children are not biologically related to the man who believes he is the father. We print that caveat in every edition, and we will keep correcting anyone who removes it, including people quoting us favourably.
The full report is open and free. Methodology, denominators, limitations, all of it.
https://www.smartdna.com.ng/2026-report
